thegreatgonz Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Is it supposed to be possible to see resources in the zoom window? I can't seem to do it.Edit: Never mind. Just found the "Zoom Requires Narrow Band Scanner" setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svm420 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Anyone else have any issue with activating scanners causing FAR to constantly update voxels for the vessel? This is on latest dev build of FAR and scansat. I have a heli with the first altimetry scanner. After I active it and even after the animation stops playing FAR continues to update the voxels for the ship which should only happen during an animation. It makes flight pretty much impossible with constant lag from FAR. I dont know what the cause would be other than some call happening when the radar scan is engaged that triggers FARs voxel updates. Even after then retracting and stopping the scan the updates continue to happen every few seconds from FAR. Just wanted to see if anyone else has this issue before I investigate further.Never got an answer on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damerell Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Never got an answer on this.It might be better to report it in the FAR thread with exact steps to reproduce it, starting from a fresh KSP install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Never got an answer on this.It's probably a side-affect of the dumb way that SCANsat uses ClampForever instead of Clamp at the end of the animations. This causes the animations to continually play through the final frame of the animation instead of just stopping. It's probably time to fix that issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockstein Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 What resource scanning settings are you using? Did you actually scan the planet?It will probably work fine. Unless there is some major problem I won't update this version. I'll hopefully update the dev version in a day or so. After that it shouldn't take long to update to the next major release.With 1.0.3/1.0.4 my stock Ore scanner no longer has the ScanSAT options, just the stock instant-scan. It looks like the Orbital Science mod resource scanner parts also lost their ScanSAT options for me. The high/low/multi scanners seem to work fine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svm420 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It's probably a side-affect of the dumb way that SCANsat uses ClampForever instead of Clamp at the end of the animations. This causes the animations to continually play through the final frame of the animation instead of just stopping. It's probably time to fix that issue...Glad to hear the issue is known then. That always my biggest worry that I have some mystery crazy issue lol. Looking forward to v13 would you be able to get this issue fixed with that update? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddFunction Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) Hey DMagic,I am having the following issue:http://i.imgur.com/fFakbLC.pngThe problem, specifically, is the 2nd grid appearing in the top right.My system specs and modlist are as follows:Linux Mint 64bitKSP v1.0.4 64bitNew gamesave as of todayI use CKAN to install all my mods.KSP.Loghttps://mega.co.nz/#!cF0RBQBS!VG8TwTAGAzWSmBz5wG4qejKcPOP4y9st7uqe1yvVn2IOutput loghttps://mega.co.nz/#!QV1HUBbJ!q7lqpAaWcaUwZcgvOyUU8h9N8yhZDjD4hOkYs-Q5YLwList of my mods:http://i.imgur.com/clo63be.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/KuUyve7.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ZZOtSBz.pngSteps to reproduce:-Start a new game-Try to open the scansat mapPlease let me know if you need any more information or if this is the wrong place. Thanks! Edited July 3, 2015 by OddFunction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Does the grid move with the map? Does it appear by the big map in the flight scene? Does it go away when you turn off the grid overlay?I don't see any specific errors with SCANsat. There are quite a few FAR errors, along with scattered NRE's from various other sources. But I don't know why anything would cause the grid lines to be drawn twice like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddFunction Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) Does the grid move with the map? Yes, it follows me everywhere. Only if I have ScanSat's 'button' open though.Does it appear by the big map in the flight scene? The grid does not appear in the tracking center view.The grid does not appear in flight, either on the big map (m key) or off. Seems to only occur when I'm looking at the space center, not in flight.Does it go away when you turn off the grid overlay?Yes.I mostly posted just to see if you knew right away what it could be; don't spend any time on this. I am upgrading to your Dev version soon because it looks so awesome, so this non-gamebreaking grid-glitch will be fine until then.Thanks for your time! Edited July 3, 2015 by OddFunction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 I mostly posted just to see if you knew right away what it could be; don't spend any time on this. I am upgrading to your Dev version soon because it looks so awesome, so this non-gamebreaking grid-glitch will be fine until then.Thanks for your time!I found it. Thanks for pointing this out, I don't use the grid lines much so I guess I somehow never noticed it.I sort of understand why it was happening, but I have no idea why it only affected the space center map. In any event, the next release will have a fix for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) SCANsat version 14.0 is out; get it on Kerbal Stuff.The resource scanning system has received a major overhaul. Options are available to replace most of the stock surface scanning mechanisms. The available resource scanning options can be changed in the new resource settings window.Planetary resource, terrain and biome overlays can now be generated and are controlled by the new overlay window.There are a number of other changes and bug fixes; see the GitHub documentation and the first post for the complete change log and more details.A few examples are shown below.Partially scanned resource overlay (the grey background intensity can be adjusted, along with map quality settings):Terrain overlays (tooltips can be turned off):Modified zoom map use in place of the stock resource map (the terrain map is slightly lower quality than standard SCANsat maps, but much faster to generate):Scanning ground tracks (the overlay doesn't automatically update as this suggests, it would be too slow):Various planetary overlay examples:Javascript is disabled. View full album Edited July 6, 2015 by DMagic Details on pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nori Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Looks like a amazing update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micha Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hey DMagic: THANK YOU!!!This update is -amazing-, loving the way it replaces the stock mechanics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk_za Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I can but only add my voice to the chorus of thanks you have done some astounding work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop149 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Upgraded to the dev version a few days ago and then this one this morning.In both versions I can't seem to get Resource scanning working, at least with my current ScanSats that all have the M700 Survey Scanner. I'm not entirely clear on exactly what all the settings do exactly, I'm probably doing something stupid.Settings are as follows:Resource Biome Lock - CheckedInstant Resource Scan - UncheckedRequires Narrow Band Scanner - UncheckedDisable Stock Scanning - CheckedFrom the info on the OP might it be the "Resource Biome Lock"?Does that mean you have to land a suface scanner before the orbital ones will work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 In both versions I can't seem to get Resource scanning working, at least with my current ScanSats that all have the M700 Survey Scanner. I'm not entirely clear on exactly what all the settings do exactly, I'm probably doing something stupid....From the info on the OP might it be the "Resource Biome Lock"?Does that mean you have to land a suface scanner before the orbital ones will work?What do you mean by not getting resource scanning to work? Do you have Module Manager installed? It is necessary for resource scanning.For the resource settings see here.Using the surface scanner works exactly the same is with stock resource scanning; you will get less accurate results for resource abundance until you scan each biome from the surface, or you can turn off the resource biome lock and ignore that aspect of it completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop149 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 What do you mean by not getting resource scanning to work? Do you have Module Manager installed? It is necessary for resource scanning.For the resource settings see here.Using the surface scanner works exactly the same is with stock resource scanning; you will get less accurate results for resource abundance until you scan each biome from the surface, or you can turn off the resource biome lock and ignore that aspect of it completely.Ok have done some more testing and it appears to be a quirk of the vessel in question.The sat in question has an M-700 scanner and is currently in a 200km polar orbit around Ike. Whatever the general ScanSat settings, the "Start Resource Scan" does not appear as an option for the part. The only option displayed is "Deploy / Retract Scanner". As far as I can see there no reason for the option to be missing. A fresh copy of the sat sitting on the launchpad however does not seem to have any issues so potentially it only affects probes I sent on their way prior to updating ScanSat. I have a few more but they are all in transfer orbits over the sun so not in a position to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacnoth Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Ok have done some more testing and it appears to be a quirk of the vessel in question.The sat in question has an M-700 scanner and is currently in a 200km polar orbit around Ike. Whatever the general ScanSat settings, the "Start Resource Scan" does not appear as an option for the part. The only option displayed is "Deploy / Retract Scanner". As far as I can see there no reason for the option to be missing. A fresh copy of the sat sitting on the launchpad however does not seem to have any issues so potentially it only affects probes I sent on their way prior to updating ScanSat. I have a few more but they are all in transfer orbits over the sun so not in a position to test.I'm guessing the existing scanners don't get the new SCANsat resource scanning module added to the part. You might need to relaunch your scanners unless DMagic can fix this in an update.Or be very good at savefile editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amorymeltzer Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 DMagic, I gotta say, this is just a magnificent update. SCANsat has always been wonderful, a cut above, but you've really outdone yourself here. This is just top notch, and I think everyone agrees.For one tiny suggestion, could we get a single toolbar button for the overlay? Toolbar options are the SCAN dropdown, small map, and big map, but I can imagine the overlay being something people might want to save a click to access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) The Karbonite and MKS ground based scanners still don't work and show as being too high, and yes I did test without SCANsat and they work fine without it. Using version 14.Edit: I know it's a nighttime shot, but the craft itself isn't the important thing.Edit2: I decided to play around with the MaxAbundanceAltitude numbers and found that in order for it to work and show with SCANsat, they need to have a value of 2, at minimum. So, um, I'm not sure if this is neccesarily a bug with SCANsat or a bug with MKS/Karbonite. Edited July 11, 2015 by smjjames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMagic Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 DMagic, I gotta say, this is just a magnificent update. SCANsat has always been wonderful, a cut above, but you've really outdone yourself here. This is just top notch, and I think everyone agrees.For one tiny suggestion, could we get a single toolbar button for the overlay? Toolbar options are the SCAN dropdown, small map, and big map, but I can imagine the overlay being something people might want to save a click to access.Yeah, I'll probably get around to adding another toolbar button for that.The Karbonite and MKS ground based scanners still don't work and show as being too high, and yes I did test without SCANsat and they work fine without it. Using version 14.For some reason I thought that I had fixed that, but apparently not. I guess the solution here is to stop relying on those garbage right-click menus (I really, really hope that making PS4 version forces them to come up with something better than this), use the SCANsat instruments display instead.Another thing, I'm not entirely sure what to do about Karborundum. It's not a SCANsat resource, and there is no way to display or scan for it using SCANsat. I haven't tried using it so I don't know how it works with the stock scanning mechanism, but my understanding was that you aren't supposed to be able to scan for it from orbit, you have to be very close. Does it show up on stock resource overlays at all, or is it just scanned for using a narrow-band-type scanner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Yeah, I'll probably get around to adding another toolbar button for that.For some reason I thought that I had fixed that, but apparently not. I guess the solution here is to stop relying on those garbage right-click menus (I really, really hope that making PS4 version forces them to come up with something better than this), use the SCANsat instruments display instead.Another thing, I'm not entirely sure what to do about Karborundum. It's not a SCANsat resource, and there is no way to display or scan for it using SCANsat. I haven't tried using it so I don't know how it works with the stock scanning mechanism, but my understanding was that you aren't supposed to be able to scan for it from orbit, you have to be very close. Does it show up on stock resource overlays at all, or is it just scanned for using a narrow-band-type scanner?You'd have to ask RoverDude about the karbonundrum as I don't use Karbonite+, the Karbonite scanner and analyzer simply have the capability to cover both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualgenius Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 DMagic you have excelled yourself I am so loving the options you have put into scansat with pallete selections and the way that it loads the map its just totally awesome its a must have mod congratulations on a really polished mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Does the orientation of the antenna have any influence?I.e. whether it is actually pointing at the planet, not pointing at the planet at all or at a certain angle with regards to the flight direction?Or is the scan region simply determined by drawing a line between the ship and the center of the planet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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